[John Cummings in the Chair] — Thalidomide

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 10:07 am on 4 November 2009.

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Photo of John Pugh John Pugh Shadow Minister (Health), Shadow Minister (Treasury) 10:07, 4 November 2009

We are establishing a reasonable case to suggest that doctors in the 1950s were fairly ignorant of drugs such as those that we are talking about. There might be an excuse for doctors, but was there an excuse for the Department of Health and those advising it being equally ignorant?